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"The art of losing isn't hard to master."

"The art of losing isn't hard to master."

A poem by Elizabeth Bishop

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Sarah Dzida
Jun 07, 2023
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"The art of losing isn't hard to master."
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“One Art”
—by Elizabeth Bishop

The art of losing isn’t hard to master;
so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster.

Lose something every day. Accept the fluster
of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.
The art of losing isn’t hard to master.

Then practice losing farther, losing faster:
places, and names, and wh…

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